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    Govt. to establish Renal Units at a cost of Rs.4,263 million Featured

    November 22, 2015
    Govt. to establish Renal Units at a cost of Rs.4,263 million

    The Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine has taken steps to establish Renal Units in the Jaffna Teaching Hospital, Badulla Provincial General Hospital, Batticaloa Teaching Hospital, Trincomalee District General Hospital and Hambantota District General Hospital with a total cost of Rs. 4,263 million within 2016 - 2018 with facilities to screen patients, dialysis, and kidney transplant.

    The aim of this project to provide specialized care to the patients of the Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Aetiology.

     

    Aforesaid disease is the biggest challenge to the present health sector. So far 26,470 patients have been reported in the country, a majority of them have been reported in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Badulla, Matale, Trincomalee, Ampara and Mullaitivu Districts.

     

    The proposal made by Dr.Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

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